Cutting Cement Siding With Saw

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Cutting cement siding with saw.

Carbide tipped hole saws are a necessity to cut through the fiber cement without flaking or chipping the edges. There are many cost effective circular saw and vacuum options that meet table 1 requirements for cutting fiber cement. You have to make the cuts very slowly. Ez shear siding cutter with blade for hardie plank vinyl siding fiber cement siding and trim 3 9 out of 5 stars 31 449 72 449.

Another great tool for cutting fiber cement siding is using a circular saw with a good dust collector. I really like the makita 5057kb 7 1 4 inch circular saw with dust collector. There are a number of sizes needed to help navigate the material around the exterior of the house to create openings for plumbing electrical vents etc. Use your eyeware and ear protection.

For a slow but virtually dustless way to cut siding use power shears. When cutting fiber cement siding with circular saw use a blade that has only four or six teeth. Using a cost per square foot metric it s less than a penny per square foot. Magnum siding cutter with blade for fiber cement siding.

Bullet tools 220 20 in. This circular saw was built specifically for cutting fiber cement 5 16 siding. Item 13737 model sa903. The advantage of using the circular saw is that you can cut more than one board at a time.

These are specialized to reduce the dust caused from cutting these planks. To keep dust to a minimum use a circular saw that s equipped with either a dust collection bag or electric fan that blows dust into a bucket.